Josh Clymer Update: 500,000 Mile Acura TSX Achievement!

Ladies and gentlemen: He’s made it. Join me in welcoming Mr. Josh Clymer to the Half-Million-Mile Club (HMMC) and extending heartfelt congratulations on this impressive achievement.

I’ve followed Josh for some time now – a few years, in fact, since I first stumbled across his then-300-something-thousand mile Acura TSX on Acura’s Facebook page. Over the years I’ve watched him dutifully log miles during his work commute and post updates from time to time. His blog is at TSXTravels.com. I’ve also seen him total his car – twice – and rebuild it at great expense to keep it alive. I’ve seen him surpass now both the 400,000 and 500,000 mile marks. And this car doesn’t seem like it’s stopping any time soon.

It was Saturday, June 25th around 4:00 in the afternoon when we departed Josh’s home in Kuna, Idaho with 499,998 miles on the odometer to fulfill his long-awaited Big Five milestone. I’d just arrived moments earlier in my newly-acquired 1992 Acura Integra GS-R but we left it parked – I wanted to ride shotgun for Josh’s special moment. More, later, on that Integra. The destination for our 500,000 mile ride was none other than Kuna’s top-rated Mexican restaurant, called Enrique’s. I treated Josh to dinner and presented him with a glass plaque that Jason of Driven for Drives and I had made up.

So here you go: Join the event in the below 6-minute video. I apologize in advance if I blow your eardrums at around 4:30 on the timer because I sort of screamed in the video. Guess you had to be there.

Heading out for the big moment

Southbound Linder Rd just before the roll-over

There’s the spot! Boise Street, I think. Westbound after we’d made a corner.

Let’s get a close-up of that excitement!

Josh told me I couldn’t post this one. I’m going to anyway, ha! But I want to mention here that Josh has TWO blue Acura hats. One tried and true example that he retired, and a brand new one that he donned after his milestone.

Celebratory dinner spot

Chicken fajita burrito. I could eat only half of it. The other half went to Josh’s dog, Abby.

Awesome, thanks for reading and commenting! The odometer readings are a tradition on this blog since I started it 5 years ago :). As for the Integra, you are right that it’s pretty rare. Especially in stock condition! More on that soon.

Yeah, I couldn’t get over the condition of Josh’s TSX – we commented about his seats while I was up there. The leather is still soft! Guess that’s partly due to the fact that he lives in a climate that’s a little friendlier to interior than AZ. What! I didn’t know Eric picked up a Teg. He and I are on the same wavelength when it comes to car collecting I guess. We emailed back and forth awhile back when he picked up his (maroon) Vigor. I think he’s since grabbed another….

Thanks Jason – it really was “meant to be,” how my travels took me through Boise this past weekend and I was able to be a part of the event. I only wish I’d taken a red carpet rug or something to have him drive across. Haha

Depends! Sometimes a low-mileage car is loved too. There are people out there who keep and painstakingly maintain garage queen cars and only drive them on very special occasions. A couple of mine are like that. So I can relate either way.

Tyson… this blog has ruined (or saved, I’m not sure how I feel yet) my life! I see your ILX with almost 200k and your buddies TSX with HALF A MILLION and now I want to keep my ILX forever! That was never the plan! Haha, congrats to your friend though, on 500k but also on driving a showroom worthy Acura still! Hope you’re not melting out in AZ. Elliot

I can’t believe it took me a month to get around to watching this. Thank you Chrome for Android for keeping all these windows open for me! Congratulations Josh, you must do an awful lot of driving. I’ve only got a quarter of that on my car, mind you it’s not my road trip vehicle. I think I’ll spend some more time in it and rack up those miles… Or kilometers I guess. Thank you Tyson, I feel special today 🙂
Pam
06 TSX Nighthawk Black Pearl (blue flash)
91 NSX Formula Red

Thank you Pam! It’s been inspirational to watch Josh on his journey (and it ain’t over yet!). Just yesterday I was corresponding with him about how he’s had his car dyno-tested. We will be seeing a blog post on TSX Travels very soon about that. I hope you have a fun weekend in store. Talk to you soon 🙂